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Government tells WHO The United Republic of Tanzania has formally notified  the World Health Organization (WHO) that there are no cases of Ebola virus disease in the country. This followed earlier rumours of the death of one…

By Bankole Opeyemi The world is off track in its bid to achieve Universal Health Coverage in 2030, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Gbebreyesus, said on Tuesday. In a statement released on the WHO’s…

ABUJA –  As the rainy season reaches its peak, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are strengthening early warning and reporting mechanisms for prompt detection and containment of…

Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the WHO recommends the use of the HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line and second-line treatment for all populations, including pregnant women and those of…

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, joined local and international health experts in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday July 17, to strengthen fight against tuberculosis. Mrs Buhari was at the second National Tuberculosis…

To commence implementation next academic year in October Sierra Leone is on track to become a model in Africa to meet the challenge of health emergency response by preparing its health workforce to detect, prevent, control…

ABUJA –  Some 464,000 people across the world were killed in homicides in 2017, surpassing by far the 89,000 killed in armed conflicts in the same period, according to the Global Study on Homicide 2019 published recently by the United…

Nigeria government has said only a quarter of cases of tuberculosis that should be identified in the country are reported. This is even as Lagos state tops the list of states with high cases of tuberculosis in the nation.…

... also targets nomadic populations In renewed efforts to vaccinate children traversing in and out of Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the government in an initiative to improve supplemental and routine…

MBUJI-MAYI / GENEVA -- Phase 2 of the biggest ever oral vaccination campaign against cholera is scheduled to take place from 3-8 July 2019 in 15 health districts in the four central provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…